Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend!
I was fully immersed in family fun and loved every minute of it.
Last night, Ryan and I watched an episode of Modern Family where the whole Dunphy family unplugs and steps away from cell phones and computers. With the exception of publishing two blog posts, I felt completely unplugged this weekend and it was glorious.
But now it’s time to plug back in. Hello, Monday!
Workout
I tackled the 100 squat challenge at the gym again bright and early this morning, but increased by weight to 85 pounds (total). I had to break up the 100 squats into one set of 60, followed by one set of 30 and a final set of 10.
My legs were burning and I hope I can walk tomorrow and don’t end up looking like this dog:
(Fast forward to 0:30. I love the guy’s laugh!)
I rounded out my leg workout by completing three sets of 15 repetitions of one-legged leg press, deadlifts and lunges before doing some ab work. It was a fast but effective workout!
Breakfast
Today’s breakfast was peanut buttery!
I microwaved 3/4 cup of oatmeal with about one cup of 2 percent milk until the oats were soft and the milk was basically soaked up.
I then added a big spoonful of peanut butter – the key to deliciousness!
I love when the peanut butter starts to melt and I can swirl it into the oats. Mmm.
The Chipmunks
This morning as I was typing up this blog post, I was blaring my favorite Pandora station.
“Leader of the Pack” by The Shangri-Las came on and though I love this song, I cannot help but think of The Chipmunks version of the song whenever I hear it.
“Betty, is that Alvin’s ring you’re wearing?”
Classic.
I had one of The Chipmunks’ tapes when I was younger and still associate their high pitched voices with several classic songs, including:
- “Beat It” by Michael Jackson
- “Express Yourself” by Madonna
- “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Did you know that The Chipmunks actually had a number one song on the Billboard charts in the United States at one time? "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)" (aka the song where Alvin sings “Me, I want a huuuuula hoop!”) reached the number one spot in 1958.
Random facts you never needed to know, brought to you by Peanut Butter Fingers.
Question of the Morning
- Did you ever listen to The Chipmunks? Do you associate any popular songs with their squeaky little voices?
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I loved Alvin and the Chipmunks when I was a kid. I was actually listening to some of the songs from the second Chipmunks movie with my son last night and he was loving em. He’s a second generation Alvin lover in the making!
I loved Alvin and the Chipmunks! Wooly Bully is definitely one of the ones that I will always think of in chipmunk tone. The movie The Chipmunk Adventure was my favorite when I was little.
oh my gosh! I must have had that same album because i think the same exact things… also “hit me with your best shot” and “jesse’s girl” so funny!
Ahh that video is hilarious..what a great start to my Monday, ha. True life though, I definitely was into the chipmunks songs. They were just so catchy, right?
didn’t you just want to pick up the dog and cuddle it? so cute!
YES. But seriously, I’m about to buy Sadie a pair and send them to you. Now THAT video would be hilarious!
When I think of the Chipmunks, I always think of their Christmas Song!
And sadly, that just got me really excited for Christmas music.
I have two sisters close to my age, and we always listened to the Chimpmunks Christmas tape while decorating the tree – whenever i hear one of the songs on the radio at christmas time it bring me back to being young!
oh, i still have the tapes! But i don’t have a VCR anymore (who does?) i wish someone would make ’em available on DVD. I used to watch them at least once a day! Now i always search for the chipmunk version of new songs i love- i remember going crazy over their version of Single Ladies by Beyonce. Move over Beyonce, chipmunks comin’ through:)
i just googled that version of the song. too funny!!
I know! Now to find the Biebs in chipmunk…
My sisters and I and we always listened to the chipmunks around christmas! I think we had the christmas casette 😀
The Chipmunks are so cute! I remember watching the cartoon on tv…Theodore was my favorite. I pretty much only associate them with their Christmas song, though!
Haha omg I have the chipmunks playing in my head now!
I remember watching the Chipmonks on tv when I was little. I always associate them with the Christmas song. Happy Monday! 🙂
Oh my gosh. Every year around Christmas time my dad will proceed to sing Alvin’s part of that Christmas song and he does it just like him that it kills your ears because of the high pitch. It’s one of my favorite Christmas songs!
I actually remember watching their TV show when I was little.
I associate Material Girl with the chipmunks, well the girl chipmunks.
I loved that show.
I had the Chipmunks Christmas Cassette tape!
I kick off EVERY Christmas with that song! It’s still kind of my favorite and it never feels like the Christmas season until I blast that from my Mom’s kitchen as loud as it will go. Gotta keep it loud enough to cover up my singing!
The Chipmunks always make me think of Christmas. My aunt always includes them in her Christmas mix that we listen to on repeat all day. My cousins and I always complain when the chipmunks come on… But of course we sing along.
Oats and pb are awesome together!!!! 😀
I love the Chipmunks! I definitely have the hula hoop song on my iPod and am not shy to sing it out loud 🙂
Like some one else said, I always think of Woolly Bully as being a Chipmunks song because of the Chipmunk Adventure. I used to love that movie!
I wonder if I can leave work early to go home and watch that. Sure, I’ve only been here half an hour, but I’m sure everyone can agree this is MUCH more important.
Oh man, I used to love the Leader of the Pack Chipmunks version! I like it better than the original, for sure. I used to have the record!!! haha.
Glad you unplugged this weekend! I unplugged from technology (except for my camera!) when I went to NYC for the weekend. Boy oh boy do I love that city! My friend goes to NYU and told me how James Franco actually teaches a class there AND she saw Dakota Fanning walking around one day. Unfortunately I didn’t see any celebrities, BUT I had a great weekend 🙂
Oh and the Chipmunks RULE.
I absolutely LOVE The Chipmunks! The cartoon was one of my favorites growing up, and I love all their movies (aka the cartoon ones, not the new CG ones that are total rubbish).
I had the Chipmunk’s Christmas album (record) and played it over and over and over as a kid….
I used to love the Chipmunks 🙂 I definitely associate Beat It and various Christmas songs with them. I also enjoyed sucking up helium when I was younger (healthy, I know) so that I could sing like them hahaha. Thank goodness I still have brain cells, I think.
ooooh I had never thought about peanut butter and oats before! what kind of oats do you use? Do you use this kind? http://www.google.fr/imgres?q=quakers+oats&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1260&bih=592&tbm=isch&tbnid=zQ-lG9ag1E5r-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.les-calories.com/calorie-8138-flocons-avoine-quaker-oats.html&docid=E8qMCh7iIrCikM&imgurl=http://www.les-calories.com/IMG/tSRi.gif&w=200&h=200&ei=aGylTuuTI8mbOpqs0L8N&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=417&sig=104624215774349809565&page=1&tbnh=116&tbnw=117&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0&tx=61&ty=81
i typically use quaker old fashioned oats (or a generic brand).
thanks! (and yum!)
For awhile I was listening to their version of “Single Ladies” on a loop. It’s so funny! “Alvin, Simon, . . . THEODORE! Do,do dodododo, do do, dododododo!”
I never just listened to it, but I do remember their cartoon or movie (not sure which it was). Loved it. My fav Chipmunk song is either “Bad to the Bone” or “Wooly Bully.”
The Chipmunk Song is my all time favorite! It gets me into the Christmas spirit every season! I don’t recall any others, but we did find the Chipmunk records when my parents moved a few years ago! Classics!
I LOVED the chipmunks when I was little, I had every little video. Everytime I hear Wooly Bully I think of them.
PB is definitely the key to deliciousness! 😉
And I felt so great unplugging more for the weekend too. It really makes such a difference. Have a good one today! Muah!
OMG I loved the Chipmunks! My mom swore I sounded just like ‘Brittany’… I wish the Chipettes were more famous!
Also, my sisters and I used to use the voice recorder on the computer, sing a song really slow, then click the button that sped it up so it sounds super high pitched like the chipmunks! lol
Was the Modern Family episode on TV?
If not, we have a crazy coincidence… I watched that episode last ngiht too (via DVD).
DVD! 🙂
OMG yes as a kid I loved them! I had this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipmunks_Rock_the_House and all of those songs were awesome! I think my favourite was Roam, with You Can’t Touch This (MC Hammer) and Ice Ice Baby being close seconds. 🙂
I love the Chipmunks! I used to listen to the Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas song!! I will have to listen to it this year since you brought it up! 😀
Hi Julie! Do you usually do your ab workout on the days you do leg/lower body workouts? Do you think it matters?? wondering what you think about that…
i usually do ab workouts whenever i have time to squeeze them in after another strength training workout, which seems to happen more frequently on days when i workout legs.
Oh my god that dog hahaha <3 Poor thing! Was he wearing doggy shoes?! But awh I used to LOVE the chipmunks!
True story- every year at Christmas my sister and I link arms in front of the tree and sing “Christmas Don’t Be Late” in chipmunk voices…we’re really special.
my friends and i were going to be alvin and the chipmunks at a halloween party this saturday but there seems to be a primary colored men’s turtleneck shortage in the tristate area… we were going to make them into mini dresses over leggings! but sadly we had to bag our idea after striking out at all the stores. we were bummed!! i was going to be simon!
Peanut butter oats are like, my daily staple. I will get a craving for them all day if I don’t have them for breakfast!
Do you know the song from Babe, called Blue Moon? The little mice sing it? Somehow, I have associated that with the Chipmunks! I love Christmas Don’t Be Late 🙂
LOOOOVE the Babe mice! 🙂
We’ve put socks on our dog before and she does the EXACT same thing. So funny 🙂
Omg I loved the Chipmunks growing up! I used to sing the me I want a hulllaa hoop like ten bajillion times at Christmas! And then I got a hula hoop, and I had no idea what to do with it, so I used it like a skip it!
Not the chipmunks, but I do think of the mice in “Babe” whenever I hear the song “Blue Moon.”
you can pry my iphone from my cold dead hands.
Single Ladies and the Christmas song with the Hula Hoop. LOVE it.
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The “hula hoop” thing made me go “ohhhh that song!”
haha! i thought that might jog someone’s memory!
I love, love, loved the chipmunk cartoons when I was young (I had a chipmunks lunchbox!), but now, just thinking about them singing makes me cringe! There little voices annoy the bejesus out of me!
The Chipmunks’ Christmas Song is one of my favorite songs in the WORLD! I cannot wait until it is appropriate to start blasting holiday music 24/7!
I always love your little tangents! 🙂
I love the Chipmunks! My dad and I used to listen to their Christmas cassette on repeat in the car every Christmas season. 🙂
I always associate the end of “PYT” by MIchael Jackson with The Chipmunks! It never ceases to make me smile. That Chipmunk sound is so nostalgic!
We had their Christmas album and used to play it when we decorated the tree…so Christmas songs are what make me think of them
Love the Chipmunks!
But the one song I always associate with little voices is The Muppet Babies singing “Crocodile Rock”. Fozzie’s part was the “wah, wah wah wah wah, waaaaahhhh!” It’s hysterical, in my opinion. 🙂